‘The Suicide Squad’: Composer Tyler Bates Heads to the DCEU to Reunite with James Gunn

The Suicide Squad score

The score for 2016’s Suicide Squad was composed by Steven Price, but the sequel will be composed by a different newcomer to the DC Extended Universe. Tyler Bates, who is responsible for the scores of movies like Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Deadpool 2, and many more, is reportedly reuniting with director James Gunn to tackle The Suicide Squad score.

The Suicide Squad Score

Film Music Reporter, which is pretty reliable with music-related scoops, says that Bates has been tapped to score the upcoming superhero movie. Bates has been working with James Gunn for years, even before Gunn began directing theatrical feature films. Gunn wrote the screenplay for Zack Snyder’s 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake, which Bates scored, and the composer has been the go-to guy for both directors ever since. He’s worked with Snyder on every pre-DC feature he made, and he has composed the score for every single James Gunn movie since 2006’s Slither, Gunn’s feature directorial debut. (He even scored Gunn’s parody webseries PG Porn.)

The Suicide Squad is Gunn’s follow-up to David Ayer’s messy origin story about DC’s famous group of mercenaries and villains. The film stars Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight) as Polka-Dot Man, Daniel Melchior as Ratcatcher, and Steve Agee (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) as the voice of King Shark. Flula Borg is playing the love interest of one of the characters, but we’re still not sure which one. There’s been lots of confusion about Idris Elba, who was originally brought on to replace Will Smith as Deadshot, but now seems to be playing a different character, presumably in case Smith wants to come back for another sequel. Storm Reid is playing Elba’s daughter. John Cena, Taika Waititi, Sean Gunn, Nathan Fillion, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Jennifer Holland, Juan Diego Botto, Julio Ruiz, Joaquin Cosio, Tinashe Kajese, and Mayling Ng are also on board.

Gunn recently said Harley Quinn is high on his list of personal favorite characters he’s been associated with: “Harley is one of my favorite characters I’ve ever written,” he said in an Instagram Q&A. “In fact, she’s probably my favorite comic character whose personality was well-defined before I wrote her for the screen. She’s an incredible companion to have while writing her insane actions and dialogue.” He says this film

Bates’s other credits include scores for films like the John Wick trilogy, Killer Joe, Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects and Halloween, Atomic Blonde, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Here’s a selection of tracks from his career:

The Suicide Squad, which is the “most complex”, “biggest”, and “most fun” movie Gunn has worked on so far, is currently slated for release on August 6, 2021.

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